Curate Content Like a Museum to Attract an Audience & Revenue

Tyrannosaurus

Millions of people visit the Natural History Museum in London every year. They queue around the block for hours in busy periods to see the latest exhibition. To take in the awe inspiring Tyrannosaurus, to experience the sheer size of a Blue Whale; to see parts of our world close up, in a way we [...]

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My Tools and Applications of 2011

Conway Stewart Fountain Pen

I am a big advocate of “doing the work”, tools and applications are secondary. Having the latest gadget or using the hottest application in Social Media are not as important as engaging in the conversation or sharing valuable content. Unless that is, they improve performance, effectiveness or efficiency. My priority is always effectiveness over efficiency. [...]

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SWOT #22: Managing Time, Change and ROI

This week I was asked how I manage to fit so much into my day; reading, Twitter, writing, running and my day job. I have already given a glimpse of how I manage my day in this post about my daily schedule and another which shows how to use Google Reader and Twitter with BufferApp. [...]

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SWOT #19: Free WiFi, Pay Walls and New EU Directives

As the world gets ever more mobile it is creating a fantastic opportunity for businesses. Consumers are using their phones to find their way around more, and to communicate with others about where they are and what they are doing, leaving a rich trail of marketing data. Both Starbucks and John Lewis (in the UK) [...]

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The Evolution of Content Curation

Read Some More

Up until a few weeks ago I had a Content Curation methodology I was happy with, then something changed. Part of successful Blogging is reading a lot, and I mean a lot. I have often got 2 or 3 books on the go. I’m scanning Twitter and Google+ hourly, I subscribed to some key source [...]

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